The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1887-01-12
CAVE IN TIE rAn WEST.
The Buffalo are Gone but There nre
Deer, AnteIOpes, and Mountain
sheen.

SmeeDs
The favorite sport when 1 first came to
this country was running down antelope
with dogs. The post surgeon had pair of
hounds that could outrun the swiftest ante
lope OF the plains, and when the billiards
and SHOWS on the open prairie drove the
antelope into the river bottom it was rare
sport to chase them with dogs and some
times catch them alive Even as late as
1882 large game was plentiful all through
this section. There were two large herds
of buffalo near this point, the Yellow
stone herd, about sixty miles south
which contained upward of 800, 900 head,
and the Missouri herd Gin tue great land
triangle formed by the Missouri, Yellow
stone, and Mussal Shell Rivers) which con-
tanned no less than 400, 600 bison. These
are not exaggerations, but plain truths.
These herds were scattered over several
niles of country, over hills, bad lands, val
leys and through timber. Among the buff
hlo were droyes of antelope frequently
400 in flock. Whitehall deer were in the
bottom lands in the brush and along the
streams, but few of which mp to that date
had ever heard the whiz of a bullet Black
tail deer wero on the high rolling prairie at
the head Of rayines and among the Bad
lands. Mountain sheep or big horns were
abundant all through the toughest Bad
lands, on the bluffs and among the noun
tains. Four years have totally changed
this picture. To-day you would scarcely
recognize the country to be the same. But
few buffalo are left, and they are drifting
about somewhere on Milk River, homeless
and wanderers on the face of the earth.
Some cowboys from that section report see-
ing them, and to their credit be it said, they
left the poor beasts to themselves and al
lowed them to pass without molestation.
The Smithsonian buffalo-hunters are some
where of in that direction, and have OBJ
tanned so far about thirty buffalo in their
six weeks hunt, Deer are quite numerous
aud antelope are all around US in large
numbers. Mountain sheep are exceedingly
plentiful this year, although rather hard to
capture. Big horns are scattered all through
the Bad lands and among the buttes lining
Stone killed twenty four head a week ago,
which he bagged not more than SCORE of
miles from this point. In Bozeman last
week pot-hunter Il call him nothing else)
was peddling over five thousand pounds of
elk meat on the streets, most of which was
choice hind quarters. What dreadful
slaughter Of this noblest of game animals
The rest of the Neutrality-suspicious., head,
shoulders and ribs-were no doubt left to
rot where they fell, to become food for
these scavengers of the prairie, the gray
wolves and the coyotes. There are still
plenty Of antelope in this country, although
it requires little travelling to reach them.
They are back about fifty or sixty miles
from the railroad. Over ON Powder River
there is quite large aerd at the present
writing, and on the north side, near the
Porcupines, Little Bcx Elder and the Big
Dry, are almost as many of this beautiful
game aninsal Ms in tho days Of yorc. ~. N.
7yla6e.f, ~ Chicago 2emes.
Case l 800. Soldier with weak mind.
Memory clear gone. Can't recollect his ex.
ploits in the war. Never talks loudly
about them in a crowd, and never wrote
columns about them in the papers. Decid-
eddy of his base on supplies. Intellect good
other ways.
Member of church. No, 1,6l5. Men.
tally liberated. Seems religious in some
things, but thinks one should be a Sunday
man all the week. Gave largely to the
Church and did not expect the patronage of
;he congregation so he would get it back.
Allowed someone else to selectth most prom
inent pew, and went so far Us to take mod
est one back. Kept his eyes fixed ON the
preacher and never looked around to see who
was back of him. Beyond recovery"